Non-refilling bottle.



No. 656,|48. Patented Aug. 14, I900. J. WALBEB.

NON-REFILLING BOTTLE.

(Application filed Oct. 19, 1899.\ (No Model.)

i7 6896 i 7 -QR0QWF W (Fauna/W6 2 JAMES VVALBER, OF VINELAND, NEWJERSEY, ASSIGNOR F ONE-HALF TO D. D. LUCAS, OF SAME PLACE.

NON-REFILLING BOTTLE.-

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,148, dated August14, 1900.

Application filed ()ctober 19, 1899. Serial No. 734,048. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: of a single piece of glass or otherrefractory Be it known that I, J AMEs \VALBER, a citimaterial whichcannot be drilled or cut withzen of the United States, residingatVineland, out breaking, and this keeper has a central in the county ofCumberland and State of New opening F, which leads to the hollowinterior 55 Jersey, have invented a certain new and usethereof, fromwhich the passages G lead to ful Improvement in Non-Refilling Bottles,of the neck, and this arrangement, as will be which the following is aspecification. readily understood, prevents the insertion of Myinvention relates to a new and useful a wire or other implement to adepth sufimprovement in non-refilling bottles, and has ficient tointerfere with the working of the 60 IQ for its object to provide anexceedingly simvalve, and in practice I prefer that the botple andeffective construction which will pertom of the keeper shall beconnected with mit the bottle to be filled but once and when theremainder thereof upon a fragile line, as so filled will allow thecontents to be withindicated at B, so that any tampering theredrawntherefrom as occasion may require and with will tend to break thisfragile bottom, 65 yet at all times remain sealed against any atwhichacts as a shield, which of course would tempt to force liquid therein.render the bottle useless and indicate to the With these ends in viewthis invention conmost casual observer that it had been tam sists in thedetails of construction and compered with. Y bination of elementshereinafter set forth and In practice the bottle is first filled, the 70then specifically designated by the claim. valve placed therein, and thekeeper firmly In order that those skilled in the art to secured withinthe mouth by any suitable which this invention appertains mayundercement which cannot be loosened without stand how to make and usethe same, the coninjuring the bottle, after which a cork may structionand operation will now be described be forced within the opening F, thussealing 75 in detail, referring to the accompanying drawthe bottle forshipment or storage.

ings, forming a part of this specification, in When the bottle is to beused, the cork is which drawn in the usual manner and the contentsFigure l is a section of a portion of a bottle, thereof may be withdrawnas desired by simshowing my improvements embodied thereply tipping thebottle in the usual manner, 80 in; Fig. 2, a similar view showing thebottle which process will cause the'valve to leave tilted for thewithdrawal of its contents; its seat and come in contact with the underFig. 8, a section at the line to so of the stopside of the keeper, thusleavingapassage, as per in'Fig. 1 lookingin the direction of theindicated by the arrows in Fig. 2, for the outarrow; Fig. at, a bottomplan of the valve; flowing of the liquid. The righting of the 85 5 andFig.5, a perspective of the stopper,clearly bottle will cause the valveto be reseated, and showing the passage-ways therethrough for thussecurely seal it against the possibility the outflow of the contents ofthe bottle. of the inflow of liquid under whatever pres- In carrying outmy invention as here emsure. bodied, A represents the bottle, and B theIn order that the bottle may not be refilled 0 o neck thereof,whichlatter is formed,as shown, by submerging it in an inverted position, theflaring upward from its juncture with the valve may be made of suchmaterial as will bottle, so as to produce an enlarged mouth. float, orit may be hollow, so as to be buoyant, Within the neck is formed aconical valvein which case were the bottle submerged the seat B, andlocated therein is the valve 0, valve would float upward and be seatedin 5 consisting of a body adapted to snugly fit advance of the liquid,thus shutting off the against the conical seat and having thedeinflowing thereof. pending wings D, which serve to hold the It is awell-known fact that the goods of valve in its proper position withinthe recertain manufacturers are imitated and imduced portion 13 of theneck and guide it in posed upon the public in the original bottles 1o:

its movements. A keeper E,which is adapted and under the originaltrade-mark, which not to fit within the mouth of the neck, is formedonly imposes upon the public by inducing them to purchase spuriousgoods, but also injures the reputation of the owner of the trade-markand bottles, as well as depriving him of his just profit; but this willbe impossible when my bottle is used, since when it is once filled andthe contents withdrawn therefrom it cannot be refilled, therebyservingboth as a protection to the manufacturer and the purchasing public.

One of the principal advantages of my invention is its exceedingsimplicity and the fact that no projection or obstruction is formed inthe neck of the bottle, and therefore the cost of manufacture is notincreased,while at the same time the outflow of the liquid isnotinterfered with, as is invariably the case when complicatedconstructions are utilized for such purposes, it being noted that thevalve-seat is formed on the interior walls of the neck of the bottle. Onaccount of the neck being flared outward it will tend to facilitate theoutward flow of the liquid.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulis- In combination with a bottle having a valvc- 25 seat formed integralwith its thickened and upwardly-flared neck, a valve, having dependingguide-wings, adapted to fit snugly in said valve-seat and having aconical recess in its top, a hollow keeper adapted to fit in 30 themouth of said bottle, having a central opening leading to the interiorof said keeper and passages from the interior of said keeper to theneck, lugs on said keeper and a readilyrefrangible conical base orshield depending 3 5 from the lugs and adapted to fit in a recess of theupper surface of the valve.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two sub-

